Germany's conservative CDU/CSU alliance has dropped to just 28% in a new poll, just 19 days before the country votes in one of the most important elections in recent memory. Meanwhile, the formerly ...

Germany's centre-right CDU/CSU bloc pledged tax cuts, reduced immigration, bolstered support for Ukraine and a return of military conscription in a campaign manifesto adopted by party leaders on ...

Polls opened at 8 a.m. (0700 UTC) and closed at 6 p.m. Latest projections put CDU/CSU at 29%, the right-wing populist AfD at around 19.5%, and Chancellor Scholz's SPD at 16% The AfD is shunned by ...

Young CDU lawmakers threatened to tank the reform, putting strain on the coalition. A final vote comes Friday. Meanwhile, an AfD councillor has been kicked out of the party for a speech he gave. DW ...

Christian Democratic Union (CDU) leader Friedrich Merz is set to start talks to form a new coalition Merz reiterated his stance on not cooperating with the far-right Alternative for Germany party (AfD ...

Germany’s conservative Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and Christian Social Union (CSU), its more openly right-wing Bavarian affiliate, announced the names of their ministers in the incoming federal ...

PRAGUE -- The headlines indicate that the far-right AfD party had its best-ever result in the German parliamentary elections, finishing second with some 20 percent of the vote, nearly doubling the ...

By Andreas Rinke BERLIN, Dec 2 (Reuters) - Conservative legislators in Germany voted by a large majority in favour of a ...

BERLIN — The Christian Democratic Union and its Bavarian sister party, the Christian Social Union, have few options in front of them to form a government after taking first place in the German ...

Germany's Centre Right Alliance (CDU/CSU) managed to secure the most seats in the country's parliamentary election on Sunday, suggesting a more innovation-friendly environment awaits. Friedrich Merz's ...

An alliance between Friedrich Merz’s conservatives and the center-left SPD is the only viable path to form a new government for Germany. While the parties are bitter rivals, they have cooperated in ...

The political debate in Germany has been heated since the so-called „cityscape“ statement by Federal Chancellor Friedrich Merz (CDU). While outrage and the question of how to discuss migration ...